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Name: BARLOW, Cuthbert Charles Lambert (Capt.)

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Birth Date: 20.12.1869 Poonamallee, India

Death Date: 1.11.1914 Ypres, killed in action

Nationality: British

First Date: 1900

Profession: 1905 - involved in a punitive expedition against the Sotik under Major Pope-Hennessy. 4th KAR

Area: Nairobi, Mombasa, 1903 Nimule

Married: In Hove 24 Mar 1913 Kathleen Cecilia Edwardes b. 1893, d. 16 Sep 1992 Shelton, Stoke on Trent

Book Reference: Moyse, Kenya Diary, EAHB 1905, North, EA Diary 1903, EAHB 1904, Web DNW, North

War Service: West Yorks Regt.

General Information:

Kenya Diary - 1902 - Fort Hall - Barlow arrived here today with the relieving detachment ...... Dec. 1902 - Nyeri Camp - We left camp at 10 a.m. and reached Barlow's camp on the Chania River and just under Nyeri Hill at 3 p.m.. Here I found Barlow with only 60 rifles, Hinde with 40 useless police, my friend Hemsted, Collyer, Mr Scoresby Routledge, a friend of Hinde's who is globe trotting and out to see the fun, and, to my great disgust, Mrs Hinde. I was determined that Mrs Hinde and Routledge should return to Fort Hall at once. I protested to Hinde and told him I strongly resented their presence in camp ..... Hinde reluctantly gave way. .......... I had further words with Hinde regarding the site of his camp. It has no field of fire, is too far from water ......…
North - 1st Batt. Lincolnshire Regt.; Appt. Capt. In the Uganda Rifles 24-1-1900; arr. Mombasa from India 6-2-1900; In charge of Road escort in Eastern Mil. Dist. 1900; Struck off British Army pay 1-4-1901; dep. Mombasa for England ill 15-7-1901; arr. Mombasa 22-12-1901; Officer Commanding troops Nile Province May 1903; At Nimule 9-6-1903; Appt. Acting Collector for Kismayu District 27-8-1903; listed as Company Commander 4th Batt. KAR Dec 1903
North - Based at Nimule july 1904; end of appt. Jan 1905. North - 'A holy terror with the kiboko' (McGregor-Ross, RH)
EAHB 1904 - Capt. C.C.L. Barlow - at Nimule, also C.O. Troops Nile
Web DNW - Cuthbert Charles Lambert Barlow was killed in action on 1 Nov 1914, whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regt., and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Kenya Diary - 1902 - living in Mombasa. EAHB 1905 - Lieut. C.L. Barlow - 3rd KAR, Nairobi
 

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